The Shattering

The Shattering is the given name of a series of conflicts between the thanir gods, humans and the drómani, which resulted in an almost cataclysmic upheaval of Ailangarde.

Background
On one of his many quests for knowledge, the Raven King had learned of his own ultimate fate at the hands of the drómani. Spurred on by this, Voðir began collecting dark prophecies, arcane wisdom and strange magics from all the Nine Realms, all this in the hope that he could change fate.

Hammer of the Gods
After the creation of Thrymjótur and its use in the First Slaughter, the thanir saw it fit to attempt to broker a peace between them and the drómani from a position of power. During a peace council in the Halls of the Nine, a fight broke out between Kórd and Ýgelmir, the high king of the giants, ending in the latter's death. This one-sided duel was what ignited the fires of war, a war that the thanir stood to win.

Wielding the super weapon that was Thrymjótur, Kórd gained the name Giant's Bane.